sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> Has anyone ever made a Cool Whip substitute (using whipping cream,
> gelatin and cream of tartar) to mix in with more than just fruit and
> did it work?
>
> I found a recipe that calls for it to be mixed in with cream cheese
> and then frozen, so standing up to freezing is my goal.

I haven't done it in years but yes. I do not recall addint Cream of
Tartar to it. I do recall I used my Mom's old stand mixer and used a
flavored gelatin (lemon). I recall the tricky part was my brother and i
pulling the bowl out from the stand to use Mom's sifter for the
powdered sugar so we got it in evenly. Seemed to take forever but I
was 12 and my brother was 13.

LOL, Mom was so mad as she'd gotten the cream for her coffee I think
and we used it all up.

It worked well to top a white cakemix from a box and i recall we mixed
cream cheese with strawberry preserves for the center then dotted more
of that in smiley faces and such on the top after using the home made
stuff for icing.

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